The Risk Communiqué is a quarterly e-mail newsletter devoted to sharing insights into risk communication policies, philosophies, and practices. Delivered as PDF file, the text generally contains short, timely articles with hyperlinks to additional information; advice on a particular aspect of risk communication; and pointers to web pages of interest. Subscribers have called it useful and applicable to their day-to-day work.

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Here's what the last couple of years have covered:

• January 2007—how scientists can communicate effectively with nonscientists, making the most of your evaluation dollars, gimmicks and gizmos--can they change behavior?, and the Internet under crisis conditions
• April 2007—new national standards for health literacy, how number perception affects risk communication, including the community in pandemic planning, jumping on the MySpace bandwagon (or not!)
• July 2007—why people don't practice what risk communicators tell them, how graphics influence risk perception in women, availability of a mental health field guide, and deciding when to include benefit information in risk communication messages. |  Click for a free copy of the newsletter in PDF
• October 2007—the new national response framework, accidental injuries: gaps in perception, how Canadian graphic labels are making a difference, and blogging to communicate. |  Click for a free copy of the newsletter in PDF
• January 2008—members of the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration's risk communication advisory committee, how consistent messages may change the media's portrayal of risk, advise to businesses to prepare for a pandemic, and joining the blogosphere. |  Click for a free copy of the newsletter in PDF
• April 2008—how risk communication helps reduce worker risks, how more frequent communications lowers heart disease risk, encouraging at-risk populations to act, and making the most of advisory boards. |  Click for a free copy of the newsletter in PDF
• July 2008—how news coverage of risks may emphasize treatment over prevention, why patients prefer pictures but still may not act to manage risks, a study that highlights potential problems in pandemic planning, and how to ask for a fact check when working with the news media. |  Click for a free copy of the newsletter in PDF